SEADRILL AMERICAS, INC. v. TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER [RULE 36 JUDGMENT] 6-13-2018, No. 17-2126 (Fed. Cir. 2018)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SEADRILL AMERICAS, INC., SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS AURIGA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS VELA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS NEPTUNE, LLC, Appellants v. TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC., Appellee ______________________ 2017-2126, 2017-2127, 2017-2129 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015-01929, IPR2015-01989, IPR2015-01990. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MATTHEW G. REEVES, Locke Lord LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellants. Also represented by CHARLES BAKER, DANIEL G. NGUYEN. CHARLES BRUCE WALKER, JR., Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellee. Also repre- sented by MARK FRANCIS EBERHARD; STEPHANIE DEBROW, MARK T. GARRETT, WILLIAM ANDREW LIDDELL, Austin, TX; JONATHAN S. FRANKLIN, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, WALLACH and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT June 13, 2018 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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